Exposure Polaroid: Instant Photos as an Addon
Exposure Polaroid adds instant photo slides and the camera that uses them, letting you produce developed pictures on the spot. The addon is built around one device and four slide types, all made at a crafting table.
The Instant Camera
The
Instant Camera is the core item of the addon. Its recipe combines five
Iron Ingot, one
Oak Button, one colorless glass pane, one
Redstone Lamp, and one
Crafter. The
Oak Button serves as the shutter control, the
Redstone Lamp provides the flash, and the
Crafter supplies the internal mechanism that develops a photo immediately after it is taken.
Loading Slides
Slides are inserted directly into the
Instant Camera. Right-clicking with a slide in hand loads it into the camera. Sneaking while using the camera with a slide also inserts it. Both inputs feed the same slot, so you can load a slide with a normal use or a sneak-use depending on what else you are doing at the time.
The Four Slide Types
The addon provides two black and white slides and two color slides. The difference within each pair is sensitivity: the high-sensitivity versions include
Prismarine Crystals in their recipes, while the standard versions do not.
Instant Black and White Slide — made from two
Bone Meal, one
Black Dye, and three
Paper, yielding three slides.
High-Sensitivity Instant Black and White Slide — made from one
Bone Meal, one
Black Dye, one
Prismarine Crystals, and three
Paper, yielding three slides.
Instant Color Slide — made from two
Lapis Lazuli, one
Black Dye, one
Cyan Dye, one
Magenta Dye, one
Yellow Dye, and three
Paper, yielding three slides.
High-Sensitivity Instant Color Slide — made from one
Lapis Lazuli, one
Black Dye, one
Prismarine Crystals, one
Cyan Dye, one
Magenta Dye, one
Yellow Dye, and three
Paper, yielding three slides.
Reading the Recipes
Every slide recipe is shaped and produces three slides per craft, so a single round of materials goes further than it first appears. The black and white line is the cheaper of the two: it needs only
Bone Meal and
Black Dye alongside
Paper, with
Prismarine Crystals added for the high-sensitivity variant. The color line is more demanding, calling for
Lapis Lazuli plus the three dye colors —
Cyan Dye,
Magenta Dye, and
Yellow Dye — in addition to
Black Dye and
Paper. Upgrading a color slide to high sensitivity costs one
Lapis Lazuli compared to the standard recipe's two, but adds
Prismarine Crystals in its place.
The
Instant Camera itself is the single most expensive craft in the addon, since it consumes five
Iron Ingot plus a
Redstone Lamp and a
Crafter. Build the camera once, then keep it fed with slides.
A Practical Order of Operations
Start by crafting the
Instant Camera, since nothing else in the addon functions without it. Gather five
Iron Ingot, an
Oak Button, a colorless glass pane, a
Redstone Lamp, and a
Crafter.
Next, pick a slide line. If you want the cheapest ongoing cost, craft
Instant Black and White Slide from
Bone Meal,
Black Dye, and
Paper. If you want color, craft
Instant Color Slide from
Lapis Lazuli,
Black Dye,
Cyan Dye,
Magenta Dye,
Yellow Dye, and
Paper.
Once you have a stock of slides, load one into the
Instant Camera by right-clicking with it, or by sneaking and using the camera. With a slide loaded, the camera is ready to take an instant photo.
If you find yourself running through slides quickly, switch to the high-sensitivity recipes.
High-Sensitivity Instant Black and White Slide and
High-Sensitivity Instant Color Slide both add
Prismarine Crystals to their respective recipes, trading a small amount of extra material for the higher-sensitivity version of the same slide.